Barrel lining



W. An LORENZ.

BARREL LIN-ING. APPLICATION FILED .IULY?,1920 QigQfigg Pmmmm 7, W22,

V V I v w w Patented Nov. 7, 1922..

WILLIAM A. LORENZ, 0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOE TO THE O'I'AKA FABRIC COMPANY, 01F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BARREL LINING.

Application filed July 7, 1920. Serial No. 394,522.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. LORENZ, a citizen of the United States, residing in Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel Linings,of which the-following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper linings for barrels, and it's object is to produce an improved lining which will be easily handled and proof against rupture or injury arising from tensioning the paper while packing the barrel or subsequently.

The lining may be made in tubular form and set in the barrel, and is capable'of bulging to fit the interior of the barrel. It may also be folded in at the bottom and top without danger of straining and cracking the paper at the folds.

To make the barrel lining, a sheet of paper is gathered'laterally by means ofZ-forming longitudinal corrugations therein, and it is also gathered longitudinally by forming crinkles transversely of the corrugations. It results that the paper is yieldable in all directions, so that the lining yields as required, and is in no danger of rupture or other injury. The crinkling is such that there may be considerable stretching of the paper before the crinkles are taken out, and

hence before the paper becomes subject to in'urious strain.

' oreover the paper may pack closely against the inner surface of the barrel, since even if the longitudinal corrugations are pressed down fiat during such packin process, the paper will not lose its qua ity of stretching in all directions. This is because the lines of transverse crinkling do not extend straight. across the sheet, but are zigzag This zigzagging is due to the method of corrugating the paper and then crinkling it, as set forth in my pending United States application, No. 346,310, filed December 20,

v 1919. Hence the desired advantage of ield ability is gained without undue sacri ce of room in the barrel.

The tubular lining is made so long that a portion thereof projects above the top of the barrel while it is being packed, and the described corrugating and crinkling of the lining renders it easy to fold back and down over the edge of the barrel, to be out of the Y way during the packing, after which it may be easily folded. over the top of the contents. The lining can be handled much more quickly and readily than heretofore. If the packed and headed. barrel gets crushed or forced out of shape, the lining is not apt to be broken, because, it ieldsat all points without breaking; asor example when a head or stave is knocked in by rough bandling, as often happens.

Other features and advantages will here: inafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

I Figure 1 is one form of a tubular barrelv lining made in accordance with the present improvements.

Figure 2 is an edge view thereof, showing where the 'edges'of the web or sheet overlap to make the tube. 1

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the lining inserted in a barrel and having its projecting portion laid backfor convenience in filling the barrel; this portion afterward being folded over the top of the contents to protect the same.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of a packed and headed barrel whose contents arejpro- The lining is formed with longitudinal flutings or corrugations comprising alternate depressions 10 and elevations 11; and these corrugations are transverselycrinkled throughout at 12. The lines of orinkles extend generally transversely of the lining but are given a zigzag arrangement by reason of the operation of crinkling the paper after the flutes are formed therein. In making up the tube, the paper is folded over at 13, and its overlapping edggsjt 14 may be pasted to complete the tiibe. One overlapping edge is seen at 15 and the other at 16; and paste may be applied to, contiguous faces between these two lines. In some cases, the paste may be omitted from the upper and lower portions of the tube, for convenience in folding over the top and bottom thereof; and in some cases the paste may be entirely omitted,

The tube is inserted in the barrel 17, its bottom portion being folded in at 18 to form a lining for the bottom 19 of the barrel. The top of the tube projects above the barrel and is laid back at 20. Then the barrel is packed. with material 21 to be protected by the lining. Then the top of the tube is folded over at 22 to form a lining for the head 23, of the barrel which is subsequently inserted.

The lining may advantageously be formed with longitudinal stripes 24 of ordinary transverse crinkling alternating with stripes 25 of the compound crinkling above described. The crinkles at 24 extend directly across the stripes, instead of in zigzag direction. The compound stripes will retain the quality of yielding circumferentially of the barrel sufficiently to preserve the desired qualities of the lining, and other benefits will be apparent. In addition, the alternation of stripes of contrasting types of crinklin may be used to advantage for distin uishing the product of the manufacturer. ariations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An elastic barrel lining tube gathered both longitudinally and laterally by means of zigzag crinkles running around the tube.

2. An elastic barrel lining tube having longitudinal flutes which are transversely crinkled.

3. An elastic barrel lining tube, said tube made up of alternate bands, certain of said bands gathered by zigzag transverse crinkling and others of said bands gathered by ordinary transverse crinkling.

4. An elastic barrel lining tube, said lining tube made up of longitudinal rows of bands of contrastlng types of crinkling.

5. An elastic barrel lining tube, said barrel lining comprising bands that are yieldable in all directions and bands that are yieldable only longitudinally.

. 6. An elastic barrel lining-tube, said barrel lining comprising bands that are yieldable in all directions and bands that are yieldable in only one direction.

7. A barrel lining in the form of an elastic tube having longitudinal corrugations, said corrugations gathered by means of trans verse crinkles formed therein.

8. A paper barrel lining gathered laterally by means of longitudinal flutes, said flutes arranged in bands or stripes, said stripes separated by unfluted stripes, said lining gathered longitudinally by means of transverse crinkles formed in both the fluted and in the unfluted stripes.

9. A paper barrel lining gathered laterally by means of longitudinal flutes, said flutes arranged in bands or stripes, said stripes separated by unfluted stripes, said lining gathered longitudinally by means of transverse crinkles formed in both the fluted and in the unfluted stripes, the crinkles in the flutes extending inzigzag arrangement, and the crinkles in the unfluted stripes having ordinary form and extending directly across the stripes.

WILLIAM A. LORENZ.

Witnesses:

D. MAUDE SMITH, lllaaeaan'r T. DENNIS. 

